The Spring party

I had a talk in the afternoon, which went fairly well. The solution without a problem that I presented was greeted fairly well, and both Ivan and Jesper thought it would be enough for a paper, even without a proper application.

However, the evening was even more fun - there was the department spring party (Maljorca themed, by the way), which I should have bought a ticket to in advance (but hadnt because it did not seem like a good idea two weeks ago when I had just arrived). However, as some people had called in sick, I was allowed to attend free of charge.

Food was good, company was good (the whole crypto team being there, save for Tomas) and this time I again got to dance a little.. this time, even not alone. I really did have fun and enjoyed it.. should try to do it a bit more often when I get back to Estonia.

Also - if anyone (female) wants to go to ballroom dancing courses during the next semester and needs a partner, please let me know :)

India - Hard Rock Cafe, vol 2

This time it was not as exiting as the first time. We met the same germans and immediately sat at their table. As the music was quite loud, only one-on-one conversations were really possible and as I was not really in the talking mood, I was phased out in my own thoughts most of the time. This time, most of the songs were not familiar to me (although there were still a few I did know, most notably Linkin Park "In the End" and Metallica "Unforgiven")

End got a bit interesting, however. We even danced to about two songs. Then cops showed up, as the bar should have closed at 12.30 but was still open at 12.45 (as we all demanded one extra song from the DJ). We quicly put together our money to pay the bill, but then the germans said that they would be paying for us.

We left and tried to get a taxi for Gabriel, which was an undertaking in its own right as most drivers wanted to rip him off but Dave would not let them so they just drove away. Finally, he got a cab that asked a fair price and got on it. Then we started walking back home. At some point, a car passed us and one guy yelled something at us from the window. To which Dave replied something in telugu ("shut up", he translated to us later). The car pulled the brakes and stopped 10 m from us... and then drove away. Probable reason - Me, Dave and Alex are all of rather large build even by european standards:) To be honest, I would have been very pissed at Dave if they really had come out and started asking for trouble, as I generally do not believe that such passing insults (as they assumably yelled from the car) should even be acknowledged, much less replied to. However, both Dave and Alex seemed quite proud of what had happened. Pride of youth, maybe...